Elon Musk has asked social media users if funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should be "deleted" in a poll on X, formerly Twitter. "The IRS just said it wants $20B more money," Musk, who has been appointed to co-lead the informal Department of Government Efficiency under President-elect Donald Trump, wrote on X.

Elon Musk asked users on X whether the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ought to be deleted. The question comes after the department asked for $20 billion to continue operating. The IRS is crucial since it is in charge of processing tax returns,

President Elect Donald Trump has created a new government advisory group – the Department of Government Efficiency or ‘DOGE’ - to help cut the US budget. The world richest man, Elon Musk, will co-head the department and has pledged to cut ‘at least $2 trillion’ to ‘balance the budget’.

Five months of Labour government has drawn Elon Musk’s attention for all the wrong reasons. During the riots this summer, the world’s richest man claimed that civil war in Britain was “inevitable” and attacked Sir Keir Starmer when police pursued individuals for posts on his social network,

Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur turned political adviser, announced on X he intends to push Donald Trump’s administration to get rid of the Consumer of Financial Protection Bureau, a financial watchdog agency.